Empress has purpose

Chapter 11 Li Wei

Seven days have passed since that day and Luwu came back from the lotus pond, and it is already the middle of March.

During this period of time, the three of Gu Yunxi and the others did not act rashly. They were just like a young lady who had just learned to manage the house, busy all day in the dark, and did not send anyone to track down any errors in the account books.

The old lady said that it was to test them, so she handed over everything to the four girls, and gave them a one-month deadline to learn how to handle the affairs of the mansion. She stayed in the yard every day, waiting for the end of the month. Accept the results of several people.

Of course, the fifth girl still often ran to the old lady's courtyard, euphemistically saying: "If I don't see my grandmother for a day, I will feel uncomfortable and panic."

In fact, everyone knows that just because she is young, she is not as good as a few older sisters when it comes to managing the family.Even Gu Yunxi and the others always acted in a hurry these days, but the clever fifth girl felt a subtle atmosphere from it, thinking that her three sisters had discussed something in secret, and they didn't want to tell her.

So she ran to the old lady's room every few days to ask for advice on this and reflect on that, and tried her best to surpass Gu Yunxi by a few and make some achievements.

Everyone just didn't know that the old lady's preference for the fifth girl was already obvious to all.

In addition to the chief steward Gu Tao, the second steward Gu Yan is in charge of the affairs of the mansion. Compared with the respectful and strict style of the chief steward, the second steward Gu Yan is a flatterer. It should be said that most people in the house are flattered. Lord of high and low.

He belongs to Mrs. Meng's family. Gu Yan was originally just an accountant. After Meng's family came in, he was promoted to take charge of some affairs in the mansion.

And this internal and external purchase is the most important part of Gu Yan's management, and it is also the most problematic account that Gu Yunxi and the others found.

Because the old lady distributed the internal and external purchases to the eldest girl and the fifth girl, it was inconvenient for Gu Yunxi to intervene, but because she was in charge of the key to the warehouse, Gu Yunxi had the most reasonable reason.

In the early morning of this day, Gu Yunxi sent someone to find out Gu Yan's whereabouts early in the morning. When he learned that he had gone to the Chonghua Courtyard where his wife, Mrs. Meng, was, she sneered. Concerned about the affairs of the mansion, she is really a virtuous and virtuous wife, a good daughter-in-law.

In the Chonghua Courtyard, Mrs. Meng got up from the kang under the service of her maid, Dongju, and went to the side hall where the affairs of the courtyard were discussed. The second housekeeper, Gu Yan, was waiting in the hall. Seeing Mrs. Meng coming in, she hurriedly bowed and saluted. Meng shi waved her hand and sat down on the first seat. The maid handed over a cup of fragrant tea, and Meng shi drank it slowly.

She wore a honey-colored eight-piece gong skirt today, and her face was a little pale.

"How is the third girl these days?"

After hearing this, Gu Yan replied with obvious contempt on his face, "Don't worry, ma'am, it's still the same as a few days ago. Judging by the momentum, the mansion will be messed up by them in a short time. The old lady doesn't care too much." know what to think."

After hearing this, Meng raised her head: "Oh? Didn't find anything unusual? Didn't ask why the book is wrong?" She heard that Gu Yunxi and the others went to the second aunt just after they got the account book. If they couldn't find it, the second aunt Those who followed Qin Hua in charge of the house couldn't find out?
I have known for a long time that the books are not fair, and she took out a large part of it and sent it to Jizhou. After all, her precious daughter is there, so she can't let Gu Yunwan suffer, because the matter of being in charge of the family has always been I managed it myself, so I didn't urge the people below to smooth it out.

Later, something like that happened suddenly, and before she had time to deal with it, the old lady took back her right to head the house.

Gu Yan said with some hesitation: "Slave thinks, the third girl and the others probably feel that they will offend others. After all, there is no movement from the old lady, and the servants are not convinced by these fledgling girls controlling them. .”

Dong Ju, who was following Meng Shi, didn't think so. Thinking of the way the third girl looked at her that day, she felt chills all over her body.

Mrs. Meng nodded after hearing this. It seemed that she was thinking too much, and after thinking for a while, she said, "I see, you go back first, and let me know if there is any situation." She was still a little worried, after all What happened that day always made her feel that all of this was planned by Gu Yunxi, but why?Did she discover something?
Gu Yan immediately replied: "Yes, I know this, and I will leave."

But Mrs. Meng did not expect that Gu Yunxi would make a move at this moment.

After learning that Gu Yan had gone to Meng's courtyard, Gu Yunxi took her maids, Zizhu and Luwu, to the warehouse. The manager, Mrs. Song, was still nibbling melon seeds. When she saw the third girl bringing someone in, she was taken aback for a moment, and then hurried Standing up to meet her, she said with a smile, "Third Miss, why are you here?"

Gu Yunxi looked at her with a smile: "What? Can't I come?"

Mrs. Song immediately shook her head: "No, no, the third girl misunderstood, the servant girl didn't mean that. It's just that the room is simple and shabby, I'm afraid I might wrong you, girl."

Gu Yunxi looked at her for a while, and when Mrs. Song was sweating profusely and couldn't help herself, Gu Yunxi said again: "It's okay, mother is sick, let me see what's in the warehouse, and take it to make up for mother. Make up your body." After finishing speaking, he walked inward.

Mrs. Song wiped the sweat from her forehead, feeling that her sleeves were a little wet, she paused for a while before following, wondering why the eyes of the three girls were so terrifying, as if nothing could be hidden from her.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help shaking my body, maybe I was discovered, but I also obeyed orders, and the madam has the final say on what to say in this mansion.

Granny Song straightened her back, followed Gu Yunxi into the warehouse.Looking up, she saw Gu Yunxi looking carefully at a basket of wild ginseng, and Mrs. Song's heart skipped a beat again.

Gu Yunxi turned her head to look at Mrs. Song, pointed to the things in the basket, and asked calmly, "What is this?"

Mrs. Song trembled a little, but she still pretended to be calm and said: "Ms. Hui, this is a hundred-year-old wild ginseng."

"Oh? Really?" Gu Yunxi's voice couldn't hear a trace of emotion, but it made Mrs. Song's heart inexplicably tense.

"Back girl, yes."

"Why are you nervous?" Gu Yunxi looked coldly at Mrs. Song who was standing in front of her, trembling all over.

"Girl, I'm not nervous..." A guilty voice came.

"Not nervous? Do you think I'm blind? Tell me, what the hell is this?" Gu Yunxi shouted angrily.

"This, this is, wild ginseng."

"It seems that you don't intend to tell the truth." Gu Yunxi snorted, and said to Zi Zhu who was following her: "Go, call the big housekeeper, and say that I'm waiting for him in the front yard."

Zizhu took the order to go, Gu Yunxi pointed to Mrs. Song and said to Luwu: "Lvwu, find some people to tie Mrs. Song up, and follow me with this basket of things." After finishing speaking, she went out without looking back.

"Yes, girl."

When Zizhu led the chief housekeeper Gu Tao to the front yard, what he saw was such a scene.

The third girl and the eldest girl and the second girl were sitting on the chairs brought out by the maids in the courtyard, and a large group of servants were standing neatly underneath.

Gu Tao was startled, Zizhu didn't say anything when he brought him here, he only said that the third girl was looking for her, now it seems that things are not that simple.

Gu Tao is actually somewhat disapproving of these masters who have just been in charge. Although he does not despise Gu Yunxi as much as Gu Yan, he does not think that Gu Yunxi and the others have any great abilities. It became a somewhat indifferent state of emotion, and because Gu Yunxi's mother, Qin Hua, had given him a lot of advice and helped him a lot when she was alive, so he respected Gu Yunxi very much.

Seeing Gu Yunxi sitting in front with a very serious expression, he quickly walked over and said with concern: "I have seen a few girls, I don't know what the servant here has done to make the girl so angry. People are driven out of the house."

Gu Yunxi was affectionate, glanced at Gu Tao, and said, "The housekeeper is here." But he didn't say what it was.

Gu Tao was a little embarrassed, pulled a servant beside him and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

The man immediately replied: "I don't know, just now the third girl sent someone to tell all the servants in the mansion to put down their work and come here to gather. When all the people arrived, they didn't say anything and just stood there like this." It's been almost half an hour." After speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Gu Yunxi and the others who were sitting there drinking tea upright.

(End of this chapter)